Christmas Tree

No, you are not seeing things. This is a 2nd post for me today!! I have spent the last couple of days having some fun in my craft room. I saw this post at The Dies Have It & knew I just had to have a go :-)

The papers are from MME Wonderful Winter. Once I had them all assembled ready to stack I added Stickles to the edge. I then assembled using 2mm foam pads which just gave each layer a bit of height. x Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Theme....... Christmas....... Crafty Sentiments
Theme....... Anything Goes....... PPCC
Theme....... Accordian Fold....... The Little Red Wagon
Theme....... Anything But A Card....... Delightful Challenges
Theme....... Anything But A Card....... CCT
Theme....... Anything Not Square....... Crafty Catz

Papers : MME Wonderful Wishes
Stickles : Silver Ice, Coffee Ice

Envelope Pocket Card 2

This is the 3rd & final card that I have made to send out to Australia. I had made a version of this a couple of weeks ago but was asked if I was willing to sell it, so here is the replacement.

The envelope was a lovely cream pearl colour & has taken on a slightly pinky look with the Distress Inks. I have again used one of the Staf Wesenbeek images & this time I added a white glitter. Peel offs have been added to the edges & Washi Tape Lace & Braiding has been added to the top.

The insert has been left fairly simple but elegant with a verse peel off in the centre & peel offs around the edges & corner. x Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Theme....... Christmas....... Crafty Sentiments
Theme....... Anything Goes....... PPCC
Theme....... Winter Wishes....... ABC Christmas Challenge
Theme....... Clean & Simple....... Totally Papercrafts
Theme....... Feathers or Leaves....... Stamp & Create

Image : Staf Wesenbeek
Peel Offs : From webstore
Glitter, Washi Tape & Braid : From Stash

Old Sketch New Card

I was having a look through pictures of some old cards yesterday while trying to get some inspiration for some Xmas Cards. I came across an old sketch & decided to use it to make this card.

The decoupage is a sheet that I have had sat around for a few years now. I think I bought a pack of 10 as I knew it would be well used. I used papers from Prima & We R Memory Keepers (my new obsession lol)

I have kept the inside fairly simple but made sure it reflects the front of the card. x Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......
Theme....... Feathers or Leaves....... Stamp & Create 

Papers : Prima Botanicals, We R Memory Keepers
Image, Sentiment & Ribbon : From Stash 

Xmas By The Water

Hi Everyone
Well the Autumn weather is finally here. The leaves are changing & we had our 1st proper frost in Essex this week. So I will definately be spending a lot more cosy here in my craft room. I have started making preparations for next year's projects & I am really looking forward to the year ahead. But before that happens we have a small matter of Xmas to deal with.

I have been playing with another Staf Wesenbeek card. I am not a great kit lover & if I do buy a kit I tend to pull it apart & see what else I can come up with. This is another card that has been born from that.

I used the Sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches as my inspiration. I cut round the image, then decoupaged & added some stickles. The bell & charm I found in a drawer & added these to the washi tape lace. The sentiment is from last years Forever Friends kit.

Here is a closer look at the image.

I wanted to keep the inside fairly light as this card will be making its way out to Australia soon, so I just used the main layout with a bit more washi tape lace x Clare x

Challenges I have entered.......

Sketch....... Challenge #224....... Tuesday Morning Sketches

Theme....... Add A Sentiment....... PPCC

Theme....... Winter Wishes....... ABC Christmas Challenge

Theme....... Christmas Sparkle....... 2 Sisters

Papers : Small Dots on Pale Brown Scrapbook Paper, Unknown

Image : Staf Wesenbeek

Stickles : Silver Ice

Distress Inks : Vintage Photo, Antique Linen

Washi Tape Lace : Ebay

Charm & Bow : From Stash

Christmas Criss Cross

I started this card a couple of weeks ago but had to put it aside to complete some other things, so yesterday I finally sat at my desk to complete it. It was one of those cards that developed as I went so it was more complicated than it should have been.

I used a tutorial from Scor Pal & adapted it for the size of card that I needed to make. Covered with Dovecraft Vintage Paper. Added peel offs, flat back pearls, ribbon & a sentiment.

The insert of the card is another card from the Staf Wesenbeek kit that I bought. I cut the back off the card, decoupaged & stickled. I cut a vellum pendant using a Sizzix Die, scored in half & backed with card to create the pull tab x Clare x

Challenges I have entered........
Theme....... Anything Goes .......Crafty Sentiments
Theme....... Anything Goes .......PCJ

Papers : Dovecraft Back to Basics Vintage Xmas
Decoupage : Staf Wesenbeek
Flat Back Pearls, Ribbon & Peel Offs : From Stock
Sentiment : From Stash
Stickes : Silver Ice

Sepia Christmas

Wow what a horrible day yesterday was but today the sun is shining brightly again :-) I have been playing with a lovely card kit at the moment & this is the 1st finished card.

I again took the tutorial from Splitcoatstampers (don't you just love their site). This time I have made a pocket envelope card. I distressed the edges using Antique Linen & Vintage Photo. I then crimped the card using a borrowed ribbler (thank you Lynne). The decoupage is from a Staf Wesenbeek kit by Pinflair & I cut the card up so I could use the image. I added 4 layers of decoupage & then added loads of Ice Stickles & Diamond Dust.

 The top of the envelope was again distressed, Stickled & an organza ribbon added.

I used a Peel Off verse on the insert & added a bow using the same organza ribbon x Clare x

Challenges I have entered......
Theme....... Anything Goes .......PPCC
Theme....... Anything Goes ....... 2 Sisters

Image : Staf Wesenbeek
Distress Inks : Antique Linen & Vintage Photo
Sentiment : Peel Off Verse (available from webshop)
Stickles : Silver Ice, Platinum
Ice Diamond: From Webstore
Ribbon : From Stash